KEY UPDATES
FEDERAL
Prime Minister Trudeau did not address the media today.
Prime Minister Trudeau issued a statement on the launch of Christmas Lights Across Canada.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland delivered the Fall 2020 Economic Statement – Supporting Canadians and Fighting COVID-19;
PROVINCIAL
The Ontario government announced financial relief for families facing education-related expenses;
YORK REGION
Below is a summary of the detailed information contained in the Interactive Dashboard – Cases at york.ca/covid19data. As of November 30, 2020 at 5 p.m. there are:
11,020 total confirmed cases 144 new cases* since yesterday170.4 average daily cases over past 7 days6 new hospitalizations59 confirmed cases in hospital, 10 of which are in Intensive Care392 cases among health care workers, of which 388 cases have resolved*1 new fatality 308 total confirmed fatalities 9,560 resolved cases5.70% positivity rate** (explanation below)53 open outbreaks under COVID-19 protocols 26 institutional (Long-Term Care/Retirement Homes/Community Care/Hospitals)2 Child Care Centre8 Schools; 69 Schools under surveillance 0 Emergency Housing17 Workplaces 356 closed outbreaks
*Data quality is an on-going process and may result in the more/less cases reported on a day-over-day basis or other changes to how cases are classified (e.g., municipality, acquisition, etc.). These data quality activities have also resulted in the re-categorization of individuals. Data quality activities do not increase or decrease total case counts.
**The daily COVID-19 Council Update includes the 7-day average daily case numbers, new hospitalizations and positivity rate (positivity rate refers to the percentage of positive COVID-19 tests among all individuals being tested for COVID-19).
COMBINED CASE NUMBERS:
As of this morning, there are:
More than 62.3 million total cases worldwide (496,892 new) with cases in 216 countries, area or territories; more than 1.4 million related fatalities reported by the World Health Organization (WHO)370,278 total cases (5,468 new); with 12,032 related fatalities in Canada (56 new); 294,411 resolved in Canada (as of November 29 at 7 p.m.) 116,492 total cases (1,746 new); with 3,656 related fatalities; 98,639 resolved in Ontario
KING TOWNSHIP
NO new cases reported today.